A GA ATP PLT IN A HIGH WINGED PVT ACFT SUFFERS SOME SLIGHT INJURIES DURING AN OFF ARPT EMER FORCED LNDG WHEN HIS ENG STOPS BECAUSE OF FUEL STARVATION 10 NM E OF APV; CA.

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THE FLT HAD BEEN NORMAL FROM PREFLT THROUGH TKOF AND MOST OF THE CRUISE PORTION OF THE FLT. DURING CRUISE; ABOUT 10 NM FROM APPLE VALLEY; CA; I ENCOUNTERED TURB (AT 6500 FT MSL) THAT CAUSED THE FUEL IN THE R TANK TO SLOSH AROUND; UNCOVERING THE INTAKE TO THE FUEL LINE. WITH AIR IN THE LINE THE ENG QUIT. NOT HAVING AN ELECTRIC BOOST PUMP TO PROVIDE POSITIVE PRESSURE TO THE CARB; THE ENG COULD NOT START. EVALUATING POSSIBLE LNDG SITES WAS NEXT; EVEN THOUGH IT WAS ONGOING THROUGHOUT THE FLT. THE SURROUNDING AREA WAS DESERT WITH LOTS OF OBSTRUCTIONS; EXCEPT FOR A SMALL DIRT ROAD THAT I LINED UP ON. THE ONLY PROB WAS PWR POLES AND LINES AND AN ELEVATED HARD SURFACED ROAD AT THE END OF THE DIRT ROAD. TO MAKE SURE THE ACFT WOULD STOP BEFORE THE END; I FLARED THE PLANE CLOSE TO THE GND TO BLEED OFF AS MUCH AIRSPD AS POSSIBLE; BUT LEAVE ENOUGH TO GET THE NOSE OVER SO WE DIDN'T TOUCH DOWN IN A STALL. THE FORWARD MOMENTUM WAS ABSORBED BY THE LNDG GEAR; WHICH KEPT US FROM BACK INJURIES. I HAD NOTIFIED ATC (ZLA) THE ENG HAD QUIT AND I WAS PUTTING THE AIRPLANE DOWN. IT WAS A VERY SHORT TIME FROM WHEN WE STEPPED OUT OF THE AIRPLANE UNTIL THE SHERIFF'S HELI ARRIVED TO TRANSPORT US TO THE HOSPITAL. THERE WAS ONE OTHER PERSON IN THE AIRPLANE. INJURIES WERE MINOR -- CONSISTING OF CUTS TO THE L AND R FOREHEADS; RESPECTIVELY -- DUE TO NO SHOULDER HARNESSES INSTALLED. PREFLT AND ENRTE FUEL CALCULATIONS CONFIRMED THERE WAS ENOUGH FUEL ON BOARD TO GET TO APPLE VALLEY.